Occupational hazards for interventional cardiologists

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 974-976

  Dehmer, Gregory J ^a,b,c   Goldstein, James ^d   Klein, Lloyd W ^d   Naito, Neil ^d   Balter, Stephen ^d   Miller, Donald L ^d   Linet, Ruth ^d   Haines, David ^d   Ross, Allan ^d   Kleinerman, Ruth ^d  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGIST; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINE DISEASE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CARDIOLOGY; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33751584284     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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